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When the Hottest Toys list first appeared, way back in 1829, it was released by Enos van Dyck’s Young’uns Emporium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. There were only 5 toys on it in those days, because they were simpler times. Here was the list:

1. Doll
2. Ball
3. Sled
4. Slate (a quaint ancestor of Etch-a-Sketch®)
5. Hoop and Stick (that game that is still played by children in every colonial village recreation in America)

Incredibly, this list did not change for almost eight decades, when the Hoop and Stick was replaced by the Teddy Roosevelt Action Figure. (more at laughs4dads.com)